Today's Sports

Lancaster High rising sophomore Sindarius Thornwell played a key role in Team United of Charlotte winning the 15-under championship in the Bob Gibbons Tournament of Champions last weekend in Chapel Hill, N.C.

Thornwell, the 15-under tournament MVP, paced the Charlotte AAU team to a 66-61 win over D.C. Assault of Washington, D.C. Team United won the D pool and finished 5-1 in the field of 32 teams.

Thornwell, in the title game, scored 10 points and had eight rebounds and three blocked shots. He averaged 11 points for the tournament.

The seventh annual Founders Federal Kickoff Classic will have an expanded field for the 2010 prep football scrimmage set for Aug. 20 at Lancaster Memorial Stadium.

The event, which features all four county high school football teams, has added two new schools for play – Class A members Great Falls and McBee.

“Our reason for adding two new schools was to expand the field and attract a larger crowd,” said Lancaster High School athletic director Mark Strickland. “We sought local teams to add to the area schools we have in here.

For University of South Carolina at Lancaster sophomore golfer Trevor Banks, it’s one down and one to go for a shot at a prestigious U.S. Open berth.

Banks, coming off a stellar freshman campaign for the Lancers with a No. 8 national ranking in National Junior College Athletic Association Division I golf with a 71 average, passed local qualifying to move to sectional qualifying Monday.

Banks, one of six golfers to qualify – four and two alternates, will play the challenging Settingdown Creek course in Rosewell, Ga., on Monday.

Who would have thought a journey to a foreign country with 17 teenage girls would have gone as smoothly and enjoyably as the Lancaster women’s Fútbol team’s experience on Tuesday?

The team began its trip in the Lancaster Wal-Mart parking lot, piling on a Lancaster tour bus which took us on a four-hour trip to the Atlanta airport.

Luggage check-in went smoothly and there was plenty of time to relax and dine in the airport. The flight to Panama took off at about 6 p.m. Lancaster time and arrived at the Tocumen Airport around 9 p.m. Panama time.